The Uncommon Individual Foundation
The Uncommon Individual Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that studies, develops and applies the art and science of mentoring. The mission of the foundation is to select, mentor, and accelerate the best high-impact entrepreneurs in Philadelphia and the surrounding region, in order to foster corporate expansion, facilitate job creation, and catalyze local economic growth.
In addition to providing internship opportunities with Foundation sponsored entrepreneurs, UIF in collaboration with Rider’s Center of Entrepreneurial Studies is offering students and alumni FREE:
- On-site mentoring (at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)
- Virtual mentoring with industry and subject-matter leaders (in business, engineering, and computing)
- Incubation and acceleration space through the Foundation’s MentorLab in Devon, Pa.
Want to learn more? Read the program summary and Foundation background
Ready to get started? Please contact to schedule an appointment with Joe Lopez, UIF Director of Entrepreneurial Education & Development.
joe@uif.org
610-520-0180 x 258
Rutgers Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic
The Rutgers Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic is a new clinic headquartered at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ that seeks to provide startup entrepreneurs and early stage small business founders with select legal services and support (complimentary / pro bono at this time). This Clinic also provides law students with hands-on transactional law experience in representing for-profit and social entrepreneurs. It will also develop projects in partnership with the Rutgers Business School and the Rutgers School for Public Affairs and Administration, on which law students can collaborate with MBA and/or MPA students. This clinic can be a resource for complimentary legal services for startups that don't have sufficient financial capital or otherwise can't afford startup legal services but need help to launch and grow their ventures.
For more information, click here.
Disclaimer: The information provided here is listed as an information service only to our students and alumni and we do not endorse or guarantee their services in any matter.
The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Mentor Program’s goals are to provide students with guidance in starting a business or with careers that can help them enhance their entrepreneurial skillset.
A mentor can help you on your way to succeed at Rider and beyond by:
- Helping to shape and refine your goals
- Discussing pathways to future careers or entrepreneurial endeavors
- Discussing the necessary academic and personal preparation needed to move forward
- Sharing obstacles you need to overcome to achieve success and the skills required to be successful.
- Sharing tips for networking and continued professional development.
- Discussing involvement with professional groups/organizations and how they have impacted your mentor's career
- Talking about work-life balance, approach to stress-relief, mantras, and more.
Minimum participant requirements
- Rider student, in sophomore, junior, senior or graduate year, in good standing
- Complete an application and interview process with members of mentoring committee
- Attendance at mentee meetings and semester-end mixer
- A minimum of six contacts (via email, telephone or in person) from October to the end of April with a minimum requirement of two face to face contacts
- Complete an interim and final assessment
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- 4/2/2019 – Military veterans with entrepreneurial spirit can find assistance through Rider University's free training program
- 2/1/2019 – Business idea wins high school senior a full scholarship to Rider University
- 1/15/2019 – Rider students recognized in national business competition
- 11/13/2018 – Rider seniors attend Inc. 5000 Conference open exclusively to business owners
- 4/26/18 – Two Rider Students Win $500 to Help Develop Their Invention
- 4/23/2018 – Prospective Entrepreneurs Show Their Stuff at Annual Business Competition
- 04/09/2018 – Disruptive Education Startup Fizee Labs Introduces Games Spurring Creative in Children
- 03/02/2018 – Rider Student Develops Nonprofit to Benefit Children with Cancer
- 2/27/2018 – Rider Business Students Earn Top Two Spots in National Consulting Competition
- 02/14/2018 – Veterans with Entrepreneurial Spirit can Find Assistance at Rider
- 02/12/2018 – Student Business Competition Takes Rider University’s Entrepreneurial Program Boldly Forward
- 01/22/2018 – High School Entrepreneur Wins Full Scholarship to Rider
- 12/12/2017 – Rider Business Students are Finalists in National Consulting Competition
- 10/16/2017 – Business Competition Offers Chance to Win Full-Tuition Scholarship to Rider University
- 08/04/2017 – Fourth Class of Rider’s Veteran Entrepreneurial Program Receives Certificates
- 01/20/2017 – Rider’s Veterans Entrepreneurial Training (VET) Program Continues in Summer 2017
- 01/06/2017 – Rider Business Students Place in Top 5 for National Consulting Competition
- 01/24/2017 – The Value of Student Team Consulting
- 08/04/2016 – Rider’s Veteran Entrepreneurial Program Graduates Third Class
- 04/19/2016 – Grand Bank Provides $25K Grant for Rider to Continue the Veterans Entrepreneurship Training (VET) Program
- 03/07/2016 – MBA Small Business Institute Team Places Second Nationally
- 01/21/2016 – Students in Rider’s Small Business Institute Win Award
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